TTI TETRA Technologies

Item 5.02. Departure of Direct ors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 17, 2019, Owen A. Serjeant, President and a director of CSI Compressco GP Inc. (the “General Partner”), the general partner of CSI Compressco LP (the “Partnership”), and a named executive officer of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (“TETRA”), commenced a paid leave of absence to address personal matters. The duration of the leave of absence has not yet been determined, although it is anticipated it will be for less than 90 days.  During his leave, Mr. Serjeant is not expected to perform any responsibilities as the President or a director of the General Partner.

During Mr. Serjeant’s absence, Brady M. Murphy, the Chairman of the Board of the General Partner and the President and Chief Executive Officer of TETRA, will serve as Interim President of the General Partner and assume the duties and responsibilities of the General Partner’s principal executive officer on an interim basis.  Mr. Murphy has extensive knowledge of the operations and management of the Partnership due to his position as a director of the General Partner and his prior service as TETRA’s Chief Operating Officer in which he worked with Mr. Serjeant in connection with the operations of the Partnership.  

Mr. Murphy, 59, has served as the Chairman of the Board of the General Partner since May 3, 2019 and has served as a director of the General Partner since February 2018.  Mr. Murphy also has served as TETRA’s Chief Executive Officer since May 3, 2019, President from February 2018 and he previously served as TETRA’s Chief Operating Officer from February 2018 to May 3, 2019.  Mr. Murphy has served as a director of TETRA since December 2018.  Prior to joining TETRA, Mr. Murphy served as chief executive officer of Paradigm Group B.V., a private company focused on strategic technologies for the upstream energy industry, from January 2017 until February 2018.  Mr. Murphy previously served at Halliburton for 34 years and held numerous international and North America positions, including senior vice president – global business development and marketing from 2012 to December 2015, senior vice president – business development Eastern Hemisphere, and senior vice president – Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa region.  Mr. Murphy received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

As an employee of TETRA, Mr. Murphy will not receive any compensation for serving as the interim principal executive officer of the General Partner. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Murphy and any other person pursuant to which he was selected to assume the duties and responsibilities of the General Partner’s principal executive officer during Mr. Serjeant’s absence.  Mr. Murphy has no family relationship with any director or executive officer of the General Partner, Partnership or any person nominated or chosen by the General Partner to become a director or executive officer.  

For relationships among the Partnership, the General Partner, TETRA and its affiliates, please read Item 13 “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence,” which is incorporated herein by reference to the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 , filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2019 .